Ten (10) pcs Virginia and Washington, DC area coin silver flatware. 1st-6th items: 6 Virginia coin silver table or serving spoons with coffin end handles, all monogrammed MPD and marked W. WILLIAMS in rectangle (William Alexander Williams, working Alexandria, VA 1809-1834 and Washington DC 1832-1846; ref. Silversmiths of Virginia by Catherine Hollan, p. 816-819), 9" […]
Lot 281: 8 pcs Coin Silver, Norfolk, VA inc. Boxed Salts
Eight (8) pieces of Norfolk, Virginia related coin silver, including 18th century spoons and a 4 pc. salt set in original Greenwood, Norfolk VA box. 1st and 2nd items: Pair of 18th century teaspoons with coffin end handles, period monogam FM or FH, marked J.Gaskins and Norfolk in separate rectangles (James Gaskins, working Norfolk 1770-1776 […]
Lot 266: 9 pcs Coin Silver Flatware inc. West TN
Nine (9) pieces coin silver flatware, including some rare West Tennessee marks. 1st item: 1 Tablespoon with fiddle swell handle, incuse mark S. Freeman (Samuel Freeman, working Trenton, Gibson County, 1858-1860 and later). Monogrammed Mary Willard. Note: This spoon and the mark are illustrated in Tennessee Silversmiths, p. 87. 2nd item: 1 dessert spoon with […]
Lot 265: 10 pcs Memphis Coin Silver Flatware
Ten (10) pieces Memphis, Tennessee coin silver flatware. Includes 5 pieces marked F.H. CLARK & CO. and MEMPHIS in separate rectangles (Frederick Harvey Clark, mark used Memphis, TN 1850-1866, ref. Tennessee Silversmiths, p. 63): 1 Serving spoon (9" L) with rounded fiddle handle monogrammed CJB; 2 tablespoons with fiddle swell handles monogrammed Gregory; and 2 […]
Lot 264: Pr. JS Curtis Marked Spectacles w/ Case
Pair of Tennessee coin silver spectacles marked J. S. Curtis within a rectangle (J. S. Curtis, working Memphis, circa 1850). Oval tinted double lenses with hinged and adjustable arms. Glasses – 1" H x 4 1/2" W x 4 1/4" D. Case – 4 3/4" H x 1 3/8" W x 3/4" D. 1.10 total […]
Lot 261: Marshall & Smith Shell Handle Coin Flatware, 33 pcs
33 pieces American shell-handled coin silver flatware, most bearing the mark of Marshall and Smith, a short-lived partnership in Philadelphia, circa 1837. Comprised of 21 pieces with Marshall and Smith mark, including 7 dinner forks (4 monogrammed Camp, 3 monogrammed JBP), 6 salad forks (monogrammed JBP), 2 tablespoons (monogrammed Camp), and 6 dessert spoons (monogrammed […]
Lot 259: Asian Export Silver Flatware, 8 pcs
Eight (8) pieces heavy Asian export silver flatware. 1st-6th items: Six tablespoons with elongated narrow bowls, raised rounded drops, and pointed oval handles, monogrammed AS, illegible character marks to backs of handles. Likely Indian Colonial or Chinese. 8 1/4" L. 7th-8th items: Pair of silver gravy ladles with shell end handles, marked H & C […]
Lot 200: Mississippi Runaway Slave Broadside, dated 1844
Mississippi Runaway Slave Broadside, issued by Albert G. Brown, Governor of the State of Mississippi, and Wilson Hemmingway, Mississippi Secretary of State, dated January 24, 1844, reading: BILL, a negro slave, the property of Talbot Parsons, Esq. of Hinds County, Miss., did, on Friday the 19th instant, commit an Assault and Rape on the person […]
Lot 163: Miniature Portrait, signed Tischbein
Miniature watercolor portrait of lady, possibly by Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (Germany, 1722-1789). Subject is a woman in a powdered wig, wearing an 18th century pale peach gown, seated on a blue sofa or chair beside a table, which holds a trinket box and red sash. Signed lower right "Tischbein". Sight – 5 1/4" […]
Lot 111: 2 Federal Chairs, Gen. Coffee Provenance
A near or altered pair of Federal mahogany dining chairs, reputedly from Hickory Hill Plantation in Alabama, home of Andrew Jackson's close ally and business partner, General John Coffee. Klismos shaped chairs, each with a top rail in the form of a rectangular molded tablet, rounded top rail and curving in at center, over a […]
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